page_title: Tift Merritt
hierarchical_section_title: Tift Merritt
caption_attribution_description: English: Tift Merritt performing on October 9, 2005 at the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, North Carolina. Photograph taken by Forrest L. Smith, III (a.k.a. Filbert Hockey), at the Shakori Hills Music Festival, Chatham County, N.C., October 9, 2005.
context_page_description: Tift Merritt is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. Born in Houston, Texas, Merritt moved to Raleigh, North Carolina at a young age. She has been compared to songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris.
  In 2009, Merritt married Zeke Hutchins, her band's drummer and her long-time partner. They live in New York City.
  In addition to Austin City Limits, Merritt has been on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Show with David Letterman. Her music has been in The L Word, Men In Trees, United States of Tara and the movie New in Town.
context_section_description: Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. Born in Houston, Texas, Merritt moved to Raleigh, North Carolina at a young age.  She has been compared to songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Emmylou Harris.
  In 2009, Merritt married Zeke Hutchins, her band's drummer and her long-time partner.  They live in New York City.
  In addition to Austin City Limits, Merritt has been on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Show with David Letterman.  Her music has been in The L Word, Men In Trees, United States of Tara and the movie New in Town.
caption: Merritt performing at the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival in Silk Hope, North Carolina, in 2007.  Photo by Forrest L. Smith, III.
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